MCINTOSH COUNTY MARKET

McIntosh County, North Dakota Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in McIntosh County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Ashley, Burnstad and and Zeeland. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in McIntosh County by the Numbers

McIntosh County has 291 farms on 456,957 acres (about 1,570 acres each). Together they sold $137.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 770 honey bee colonies.

2 farms in McIntosh County already sell straight to the public. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in McIntosh County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, McIntosh County counts 45,187 head of cattle, 2,067 sheep and 321 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 505 people run or help run farms in McIntosh County, with an average age of 55. 27% of them are women. 80 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.